Temples in Yamagata

Yamagata Prefecture has 31 temples, including Hōzō-ji Temple and Zenpō-ji Temple. Visitors can find a mix of active worship sites and historic temple grounds.

Not sure where to start? Read our guide to the 20 best

Hōzō-ji Temple

Hōzō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Hōzō-ji Temple is a historic Shingon Buddhist temple founded in 1619, offering serene grounds an...

Bukkō-ji Temple

Bukkō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Bukkō-ji Temple is a historic Jōdo-shū temple, rebuilt after a fire, with a significant past.

Nangaku-ji Temple

Nangaku-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Nangakuji Temple houses the Sokushinbutsu of Tetsuryukai Shonin, a unique and rare sight.

Kichijō-in Temple

Kichijō-in Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Kichijoin is a historic Tendai temple with important cultural properties, founded in 737.

Zenpō-ji Temple

Zenpō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Zenpō-ji Temple is a historic Sōtō Zen temple known for dragon god worship and art.

Jizōkura

Jizōkura

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Jizōkura is a unique Buddhist ruin and folklore site, deeply connected to the origins of Hijiori...

Dōmori Zenkō-ji Temple

Dōmori Zenkō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Ancient temple with unique statues, offering a glimpse into Japan's rich spiritual and historica...

Dainichibō Temple

Dainichibō Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

See a rare self-mummified monk and ancient Buddha statue at this historic temple.

Daishō-ji Temple

Daishō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Daishoji is a historic temple, one of Japan's Three Monju temples, revered for its Monju Bosatsu...

Niwatsuki kannon Temple

Niwatsuki kannon Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Niwatsuki Kannon is a historic Tendai temple, the final site of a pilgrimage, with unique archit...

Jion-ji Temple (Sagae)

Jion-ji Temple (Sagae)

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Jion-ji Temple is a historic Buddhist temple with many ancient statues, founded by imperial decr...

Rinsen-ji Temple

Rinsen-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Rinsen-ji Temple is a Soto Zen temple, family temple of the Uesugi clan, with a notable garden.

Hōon-ji Temple

Hōon-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Hōon-ji Temple is a historic Shingon temple with important Buddhist artifacts.

Chūren-ji Temple

Chūren-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Ancient temple founded by Kukai, a pilgrimage site for women, with a mummified monk.

Tōshō-ji Temple

Tōshō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Tōshō-ji Temple is a historic Zen temple offering scenic views and unique Jizō hall.

Kaikō-ji Temple

Kaikō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Kaikoji Temple: a historic site in Sakata City, home to two rare Sokushinbutsu mummies.

Sasano Kannon-dō Temple

Sasano Kannon-dō Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

A historic temple with a unique thatched roof, housing a revered Kannon statue and cultural trea...

Kōtaku-ji Temple

Kōtaku-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Kōtaku-ji Temple is a historic temple founded by Prince Hachiko, offering a glimpse into Japan's...

Ryūtō-ji Temple

Ryūtō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Ryūtō-ji Temple is a historic Shingon-shu temple with cultural properties and a spring festival.

Kurotori Kannon Temple

Kurotori Kannon Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

A historic Zen temple on the Mogami pilgrimage featuring unique votive tablets and a scenic moun...

Ankoku-ji Temple

Ankoku-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Ankoku-ji Temple is a historic Soto Zen temple with a unique past and beautiful garden.

Chōkō-ji Temple

Chōkō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Chōkō-ji Temple is a historic Sōtō Zen temple, founded for a memorial, with unique relocated gat...

Shōgaku-ji Temple

Shōgaku-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Shogakuji is a historic Jodo-shu temple with significant relics, worth visiting for its cultural...

Senshō-ji Temple

Senshō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

A historic temple in Yamagata City honoring Princess Koma, featuring an 18th-century main hall a...

Fumon-bō Temple

Fumon-bō Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Fumon-bō Temple is a historic Shingon temple with a rare, tall Kannon statue.

Yama-dera Temple

Yama-dera Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Yama-dera Temple is a scenic mountain temple founded in 860, offering historic buildings and vie...

Catholic Tsuruoka Church

Catholic Tsuruoka Church

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Tohoku's oldest Romanesque church, home to Japan's only Black Madonna statue.

Kōzen-ji Temple

Kōzen-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Kozan-ji is a Soto Zen temple in Yamagata, known for its historical garden and graves of Mogami...

Jakushō-ji Temple

Jakushō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Jakusho-ji Temple, founded in 708, is a historic site known for matchmaking and cultural propert...

Komatsuzawa-kannon Temple

Komatsuzawa-kannon Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Komatsuzawa-kannon Temple is a historic Buddhist site with unique cultural properties.

Nicchō-ji Temple

Nicchō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Nichiren-shu temple with a unique Bishamonten statue, rebuilt after fires.

Kinoene Daikokuten Honzan Temple

Kinoene Daikokuten Honzan Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

A Shingon Buddhist temple in Yonezawa with a statue carved by Kobo Daishi.

Senshō-in Temple

Senshō-in Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Sensho-in is a historic Shingon temple, home to a large deity statue and tied to samurai victori...

Sōkō-ji Temple

Sōkō-ji Temple

YAMAGATA · TEMPLE

Sōkō-ji Temple is a historic Zen temple with a nationally recognized garden and unique cedar tre...

Temples elsewhere

See everything by prefecture and type